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Just went to Bloglines to catch up on some reading and my first posting was from Beth Knittle from Beth’s Thoughts referencing the Moving Forward wiki which lists videos, slideshows, and handouts (all in one place).  A great reference.

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Back in September, I posted about an online site to learn another language — TryMango.  TryMango has changed their name to Mango Languages.
I received a nice comment from someone at another online site and wanted to write a post informing you about LiveMocha.  LiveMocha takes the power of online social networking and allows students to [...]

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Find a great educational video on YouTube but YouTube is blocked at your school?  Well, you are in luck.  You can download YouTube videos and then burn them onto a CD or DVD for use in your classroom (or just download them to your notebook).
I have chosen to use Zamzar which is a very simple [...]

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… and yet another great opportunity for professional development.

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So, you want to have your students create a presentation.  Do we work with PowerPoint again?  Well, you could – but you have so many more options…
Microsoft Photo Story 3
Free download from Microsoft.  Import your images, add some music, add some text, record some audio, and you have a project.
Download at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Tutorial: http://www.windowsphotostory.com/
Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net
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